The story of a journey across the floor of the Kilauea volcano crater. Twain and a man named Marlette hike to the North Lake at night.
In the final chapter of his book, Roughing It, Mark Twain comments on the changes that occurred during his time in the American West.
A wonderful description of the inside of the Kilauea volcanic crater.
My avatar, SLClemens, in Second Life has been reading chapters from Mark Twain's book "The Innocents Abroad". I have been recording these readings and producing slideshow videos of them, published here on my web site. The videos are hosted by YouTube. One of these chapters, Chapter 13, elicited a response from a listener of surprise at how much Twain seemed to dislike the Ottoman Empire. The chapter itself contains a rather negative description of on Abdul Aziz, emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Twain had seen him in the company of Napoleon III, on parade.
Lots of adventures in this chapter from learning how to surf to climbing through lava tubes. Here also is an example of a place of refuge, sanctuary, for any criminal able enough to get to it before capture by pursuers.
Twain tells of the fall of the old Hawaiian religion just prior to the arrival of the missionaries. He also guards the clothing of several native girls as they swim.
Perhaps the death of Captain James Cook was justified after all.
Nothing much to do with Hawaii. This is a short study on the results of a compulsion for turnips and interpreting a hand written letter from Horace Greeley.
This chapter provides a cautionary tale of French tour guides for Americans. The three friends have chosen Billfinger as a guide and soon discover he works on commission for the various shops. Twain also describes Napoleon III, the emperor of France and Abdul Aziz, the sultan of Turkey. Descriptions of these two men can be found in Twain's Letter Number 5 to the Daily Alta California but completely rewritten for this book. See McKeithan (1957) for a comparison.
This chapter does not appear to derive from Twain's letters to the Daily Alta California except for the final paragraph of letter number 5, published September 5.
